Alec Batten

My name is Alec Batten and my why statement is “to pursue relationship so that I may live courageously for the brokenhearted.” My artifact is a short summary of my Y-lab project, which is a project to address math anxiety. I have spent hours this year researching math anxiety, so I am sharing an artifact that is representative of some of my work. My artifact is a reflection of my efforts to understand and begin to address math anxiety. I see my Y-lab project as something that helps me intentionally pursue relationships with others in empathy based work, so that I may create a solution that helps people in their brief moments of “brokenhearted-ness” during math anxiety. I also think that this artifact represents the growth and exploration I have had throughout the past ten weeks. I have gone through a lot of emotion and craziness in life throughout the past ten weeks, but I have put a lot of work into defining my future and the way I impact the world. This reflection represents the effort and personal development that I have experienced. For me, there is a faith based explanation of good and a practical explanation of good. Practically, doing good to me really means living out of love. It means truly caring for others even if you get nothing in return.